As of January 2011, she has 39 World Cup wins in four disciplines (downhill, Super G, slalom, and super combined). With her Olympic gold and bronze medals, two World Championship gold medals in 2009 (plus two silver medals in 2007), Vonn has become the most successful American female in ski racing history.
Lindsey Vonn was honored again as the USOC's sportswoman of the year for 2010. She received the Laureus World Sports Awards Sportswoman of the year for 2010.
Contents
* 1 Personal life
* 2 Skiing career
o 2.1 Early years
o 2.2 2002–2005
o 2.3 2006–2007
o 2.4 2008–2010
o 2.5 2010 Winter Olympics
* 3 World Cup victories
o 3.1 Season titles
o 3.2 Race victories
* 4 References
* 5 External links
Personal life
Vonn was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, as Lindsey Caroline Kildow and raised in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, in Burnsville. She was on skis at age two before moving into Erich Sailer's renowned development program at Buck Hill, which also produced slalom racer Kristina Koznick. Her father, Alan Kildow, who had been a national junior skiing champion before a knee injury at 18, "pushed" her very hard, according to Sailer.
When Vonn was ten years old, she met Olympic gold medalist ski racer Picabo Street, whom she considers her heroine and role model. Their meeting made such an impression on Street that she remembered the meeting and later would serve as Vonn's mentor in skiing. Vonn commuted to Colorado to train for several years before her family moved to Vail in the late 1990s.
Vonn attended University of Missouri High School, an online program through the university's Center for Distance and Independent Study.
Vonn's nicknames are "Kildon", "Don Don" and "The Don." Her hobbies include cycling, tennis, reading, and watching NBC's Law & Order; Vonn appeared as a guest star in the final series episode ("Rubber Room") on Law & Order on May 24, 2010. She enjoys listening to hip hop music, especially rapper Kanye West.
She married fellow 2002 Olympian and former U.S. Ski Team athlete Thomas Vonn on September 29, 2007, at the Silver Lake Lodge in Deer Valley, Utah.
During the World Cup racing season in Europe, the U.S. team stayed in Kirchberg.The most unusual of Vonn's trophies also lives in Kirchberg: Olympe the cow. Vonn kept the oversized pet instead of the check for her 2005 win in Val D'Isère.
She also frequently stays at the home of her friend and major competitor, Maria Riesch in Garmisch, Germany. Traditionally, Lindsey and Thomas Vonn spend Christmas Eve at the Riesch family home; Lindsey is fluent in German. During the off-season, the Vonns reside in Vail, Colorado., but also have residences in Germany and Atlanta.
Vonn appeared in Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Edition that featured Winter Olympians in 2010. Vonn also made #59 on Maxim's Hot 100 list.
Through December 2010, Vonn has yet to record a World Cup victory on U.S. snow, but has eight wins in North America in seven consecutive seasons, all at Lake Louise, Alberta.
Skiing career
Early years
In 1999, Vonn became the first American female to win at Italy's Trofeo Topolino (for skiers of ages 11–14) where she was victorious in slalom. After climbing through the ranks of the U.S. Ski Team, she made her World Cup debut at age 16 on November 18, 2000 in Park City, Utah.
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